Commercial Intern Review

My primary daily task was to work on my project on the systematic trading strategies desk. The first phase of this project was to research and implement a more robust performance assessment method for the systematic trading strategies. The second phase required me to optimise the performance of the systematic trading strategies. All implementation was done in python. I interacted with my colleagues in the Energy Markets Quantitative Analytics team every day.

Yes, I was given a lot of responsibility as the project that I was working on was a real piece of work for the team that was critical for the development of their systematic trading strategies. I also presented to the Executive Committee who engaged with my presentation on the work that I had done and were interested in its future applications.

I developed my coding skills in Python. I developed my communication and presentation skills. I developed my knowledge and understanding of financial maths, particularly surrounding systematic trading strategies.

I received a lot of support and guidance. I had an excellent internship mentor that engaged with me and my project every day of my internship. The interns also had regular pre-arranged training days and teaching sessions.

Excellent. I did not meet a single person that was not friendly and welcoming. It was possible to message almost anyone in the company via MS Teams and arrange to meet.

I thoroughly enjoyed the internship program.

Yes